Robert W. Morse

Robert W. Morse
1st President of Case Western Reserve University
In office
July 1, 1967 (1967-07-01) – July 1, 1970 (1970-07-01)
Succeeded byLouis A. Toepfer
5th President of Case Institute of Technology
In office
September 1, 1966 (1966-09-01) – June 30, 1967 (1967-06-30)
Preceded byT. Keith Glennan
Personal details
Born(1921-05-25)May 25, 1921
DiedJanuary 19, 2001(2001-01-19) (aged 79)
Alma materBowdoin College
Brown University
Scientific career
Fieldsphysics
Institutions
Thesis The dispersion of compressional waves in isotropic rods of rectangular cross section  (1949)

Dr. Robert Warren Morse (May 25, 1921[1] – January 19, 2001) was the first president of Case Western Reserve University, and the fifth and last president of Case Institute of Technology.[2]

  1. ^ "Robert W. Morse". United States Congress, House Committee on Armed Services, Hearings,1965–66, No. 64. 1966.
  2. ^ Beyer, Robert T. (August 2001). "Obituary: Robert Warren Morse". Physics Today. 54 (8): 66–67. doi:10.1063/1.1404860.